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Yet again, Brumby fails to put his best foot forward
The 2006-07 state budget is a typical John Brumby budget. It is best described as a budget that lives well within very ample financial means. It...
Bureaucrat boom time
It has been a great decade so far for bureaucrats. Governments of all levels have increased their bureaucrat workforce by over 90,000 positions or...
Market has to set wages
Botswana, according to a survey released this week, is the only country with a skills shortage worse than Australia's. For those who believe that...
Government misses tax reform boat
Australia has not taken advantage of buoyant conditions to reduce tax, writes Alan Moran. THE high-level budget debate has predominantly...
Curse of bountiful resources
History shows that boom times contain the germ of their own downfall, writes John Roskam. It's possible to have too much of a good thing....
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